For further discussion of the common good, see the later
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks' first new 2020 book Morality: Restoring the Common
Good in Divided Times (New York: Basic Books).
Also see my OEN review essay about it, "Who Is Looking Out
for the Common Good?" (dated October 22, 2020):
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In conclusion, despite President Biden's somber assessment
of our current cascading problems, and in spite of his edifying fantasy about
unity, his inaugural address repays careful consideration.
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Thomas James Farrell is professor emeritus of writing studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He started teaching at UMD in Fall 1987, and he retired from UMD at the end of May 2009. He was born in 1944. He holds three degrees from Saint Louis University (SLU): B.A. in English, 1966; M.A.(T) in English 1968; Ph.D.in higher education, 1974. On May 16, 1969, the editors of the SLU student newspaper named him Man of the Year, an honor customarily conferred on an administrator or a faculty member, not on a graduate student -- nor on a woman up to that time. He is the proud author of the book (more...)